Anonymous #3: I'd be very surprised if Luhnow & Co. haven't already begun working on such an offer with Folty. Remember that they also made similar offers to Matt Dominguez, Robbie Grossman, and George Springer - all of whom reportedly turned the offers down. Singleton is just the first one to accept.

Honestly, no. I think it's much too soon for him to regret anything. Obviously the first half of April didn't go the way he wanted, and he ended up getting demoted, but he's hitting .300/.391/.400 in the last week since returning to Houston. VERY small sample size, of course, but if he can maintain production anywhere remotely close to that, then betting on himself by turning down Houston's first offer could still pay off for him in a big way.

Valid point, and true. But one has to assume that if Grossman turned down the deal, he felt that he had valid reasons for doing so. My point is that it's still only two months into the season, so I don't think that enough time has passed for him to reasonably regret whatever caused him to turn down the deal in the first place.

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